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Enhancing thought suppression with hypnosis.

Richard A Bryant1, Subodha Wimalaweera

  • 1School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. r.bryant@unsw.edu.au

The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
|September 5, 2006
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Hypnosis may improve thought suppression, even under cognitive load. Highly hypnotizable individuals showed better control over unwanted thoughts, suggesting hypnosis aids cognitive load management.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Thought suppression attempts often increase thought accessibility, particularly under cognitive load.
  • Hypnosis may offer a method to manage cognitive load more effectively.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if hypnosis can enhance thought suppression by bypassing cognitive load.
  • To examine the role of hypnotizability in successful thought suppression.

Main Methods:

  • Participants (high and low hypnotizable) were instructed to suppress thoughts of an embarrassing experience or received no instruction.
  • A sentence-unscrambling task was used to measure the accessibility of these thoughts.

Main Results:

  • Low hypnotizable participants instructed to suppress showed a delayed increase in thought accessibility.

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  • High hypnotizable participants did not exhibit this increase, indicating successful suppression.

    • Conclusions:

    • Hypnosis appears to facilitate effective thought suppression.
    • Hypnotizability is a key factor in the success of hypnosis for managing cognitive load and thought suppression.